A macroecological perspective of diversity patterns in the freshwater realm

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1703-1722

  Heino, Jani ^a,b  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diversity gradients; Local; Metacommunity; Nestedness; Regional

Indexed keywords

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ANURA; PLECOPTERA; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 79961022949     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02610.x     Document Type: Review

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